ALGER LIANG 梁家傑
Alger Liang 梁家傑 (he/him) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist, writer, based on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam nations, known as “Vancouver”. Alger situates the body as the centre of research and primarly uses a lens-based practice to speak on identity, grief, memory, and space. He is currently exploring movement-based photography and video.
BIOGRAPHY
Alger Liang 梁家傑 (he/him) was born in Vancouver on Febuary 17, 1998 to Yu Ting Ji and Zhen Xiong Liang from Guangdong 廣東 Province in China. Growing up with track and field and cameras, Alger’s art practice is informed by the duality of the body and the lens - being both in his body (as subject), and outside his body (as object). His experiences with mental health, cultural identity, and sexuality inform his performance and lens-based art practice that reflect the dialectics of the physical and psychological scores of the situated body.
CURRENTLY -
Alger just graduated September 2021 with a Bacholers of Arts, majoring in visual arts, and minoring in Asian Canadian and Asian migration studies at the the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
He recently participated in F.O.R.M (The Festival of Recorded Movement) as a commissionsed artist to create motherland, an experimental movement-based film, and his first commissioned film work which premiered Sept 18, 2021. This experience would catalyze his interest in film and moving image works.
Alger is currently:
- working on lens-based works
- writing a short-film
- applying to grants and residencies
- eating
- crying
- sleeping
If you would like to work with him, please contact via email at:
alger.ji.liang@gmail.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2016 - 2021 Bachelor of Arts -
Major in Visual Art, Minor in Asian Canadian & Asian Migration studies
University of British Columbia • Vancouver BC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 Guest Juror
Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen (Grunt Gallery)
2022 Programs Coordinator, Accessibility, & Social Media Producer
Queer Arts Festival
2022 Artistic Comittee
F.O.R.M (The Festival of Recorded Movement)
2021 Documentary Filmmaker
Cultural Activism of the Diaspora: Intersections of Heritage, Community, & Care
Suzhou Alley Women’s Mural Project | UBC Department of Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies
2020 Multimodal Video Production Assistant
UBC Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS
2023 IMAGES Festival, motherland 母懷之地, Toronto Premiere Film Screening • Toronto, ON
2022 Moving Art: a Collective Point in Time, Group Show, East Side Culture Crawl • Vancouver, BC
2022. i spy project, UNIT PITT Society for Art & Critical Awareness • Vancouver, BC
2022 XIN3MA, Film Screening • VIFF Studio Centre, Vancouver, BC
2022 Vancouver Asian Film Festival, motherland 母懷之地, Film Screening • Vancouver, BC
2022 SFU ArtsLIVE, Film Screening • Simon Fraser University, Surrey BC
2022 The Lind Prize Filmmaking Showcase, Group Show • The Polygon Gallery , North Vancouver BC
2022 Sticky, Outdoor Group Show (Lasulu Art Library) • Vancouver BC
2021 Floating Thoughts, Group Show (Unity Arts Collective) • Vancouver BC
2021 motherland 母懷之地, World Premiere Film Screening • FORM (The Festival of Recorded Movement), Vancouver BC
2021 The Fold, Graduating Student Exhibition • AHVA Gallery (UBC), Vancouver BC
2022 Still Breathing, Group Exhibition • The Hatch Gallery (UBC), Vancouver BC
2020 Errance, Student Group Exhibition • AHVA Gallery (UBC), Vancouver BC
2019 Entrap, Student Group Exhibition • The Hatch Gallery (UBC), Vancouver BC
2019 ¡LIVE! Biennale, Performance Artist (for Red Plexus) • The Patricia Hotel, Vancouver BC
2017 PhotoFund Fundraiser Show • McGill University (Gallery Gora), Montreal QC
PEFORMANCES
2022 Dance Dance Raveolution (Normie Corp), DJ performance • Vancouver, BC
2022 Rave 2 the Grave (Rewind Resale Store), DJ performance • Vancouver, BC
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Grief as Water (poetry) • Red Pocket Press
2022 Bangkok (photography) • UBC Journal of Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies
2020 Return of the Rabbit God (photography) • UBC Journal of Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies
2019 Portrait of Shanghai (photography) • UBC Undergraduate English Journal
2019 Artist Profile (Interview) • UBC Undergraduate Journal of Art History & Visual Culture
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2022 Audience Choice Award (Short Film) • motherland 母懷之地, Vancouver Asian Film Festival
2022 Quan Lee Excellence Fund • UBC Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies
2021 Artistic Committee Award • FORM (The Festival of Recorded Movement)
2021 Philip B. Lind Prize Nomination • Polygon Gallery
2021 Thunderbird Leadership Award • UBC Department of Athletics
2020 Academic All-Canadian Student-Athlete • UBC Department of Athletics
2020 BMO 1st ART! Competition Nominated Artist • UBC Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
2015 Track & Field Scholarship • UBC Department of Athletics
2015 Athletics & Leadership Scholarship • The Vancouver School Board
2015 Student Council Scholarship • Killarney Secondary School
FILM CREDITS
2021 Background actor • 100 Days, directed by Derek Kwan
2021 Lead actor • Synthetic Desire, directed by Bianca Cheung
2021 Grip, gaffer, stills photographer • Maundy, directed by Adriana Marchand
2020 Grip, gaffer, stills photographer • Indigo Drop, directed by x/o (Veron Xio)
2020 Director, writer, actor • motherland 母懷之地, directed by Alger Ji-Liang